| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | too ez |
| 2 |  Kansas | 1 possession margin over tcu is too slim for the #2 team |
| 3 |  UConn | Congrats to our Big East champs |
| 4 |  Tennessee | Rick Barnes may finally win in march |
| 5 |  Kentucky | +1 great road win over a tough florida team. |
| 6 |  Houston | -1 still dont know how much stock to put in Houston |
| 7 |  North Carolina | +1 |
| 8 |  Oklahoma | |
| 9 |  Arizona | +3 |
| 10 |  Duke | +3 |
| 11 |  Memphis | +3 |
| 12 |  Clemson | -2 |
| 13 |  Baylor | +2 |
| 14 |  Illinois | +2 quality loss on the road against the best team in the country in the midst of losing your star player |
| 15 |  Wisconsin | +4 inheriting spots |
| 16 |  Marquette | -9 they are not playing like a top 10 team |
| 17 |  Auburn | +3 inheriting spots. I'm not giving them any bump for beating a terrible arkansas team |
| 18 |  BYU | -7 |
| 19 |  San Diego State | +5 inheriting spots |
| 20 |  James Madison | -3 everyone has at least one bad game |
| 21 |  Miami (FL) | NR. Honestly I have no idea who to put here because 25-30 is just a big mess with nobody clearly deserving votes over others. |
| 22 |  South Carolina | NR. I'm doing it. why not? |
| 23 |  Creighton | |
| 24 |  Colorado State | -3 |
| 25 |  Ole Miss | -7 winning in knoxville is never easy but I think Ole Miss has been exposed |
